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thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having us. >> let me start with you, some people say the president clearly has the upper hand in these negotiations, is that true? >> not entirely. i think what kristen said is true that polling shows that most americans agree a pretty strong majority agrees that the wealthy need to pay more taxes and so that president obama is going to be pushing. you look at the republican side and as you know, many on the house side say we have house republican majority, came here to cut government. we need to replace these sequestration cuts that take place at the same time that the tax cuts expire. these spending cuts are goingo combination with tax cuts that expire of sending us into recession. they say those spending cuts if we're going to replace them, we need to see some numbers. democrats are not coming up with any spending cuts in these preliminary discussion and that's making republicans they say they need spending cuts. at the same time you'll see the white house pushing for an increase in the debt ceiling and republicans say if you want that and the sam
thanks for joining us. >> thank you for having us. >> let me start with you, some people say the president clearly has the upper hand in these negotiations, is that true? >> not entirely. i think what kristen said is true that polling shows that most americans agree a pretty strong majority agrees that the wealthy need to pay more taxes and so that president obama is going to be pushing. you look at the republican side and as you know, many on the house side say we have house...
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facing debt is nothing new for us. in fact, it's helped shape our country and accomplish incredible things like the expansion westward and the louisiana purchase, florida, texas and california. those cost money, you know. our next guest argues that, yes, we are a country of dreamers and also a country of defalters. in the guest spot, scott nelson, an author of "a nation of deadbeats." i guess my first question would be, you have basically outlined in the book a pattern you say you can see repeetding throughout american history, 19th century, the wall street meltdown. can you tell us what that pattern is and why we keep repeating it? >> yeah. the pattern goes back, in fact, early 1793. it's the beginning of the first bank of the united states. we have -- europeans lending to the u.s. really since the nation began. and lending to the country itself, but also, a lot of private lending and a lot of private lending is -- turns out to be not very good at paying it back and so the failure to pay back led to the 1819 panic. sa
facing debt is nothing new for us. in fact, it's helped shape our country and accomplish incredible things like the expansion westward and the louisiana purchase, florida, texas and california. those cost money, you know. our next guest argues that, yes, we are a country of dreamers and also a country of defalters. in the guest spot, scott nelson, an author of "a nation of deadbeats." i guess my first question would be, you have basically outlined in the book a pattern you say you can...
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brian hamilton, thanks for joining us. up next, we have breaking news for you, and we're not talking israel. we're talking twinkies. i had enough of feeling embarrassed about my skin. [ designer ] enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast, within 2 months, and keeps it clearer up to 9 months. [ male announcer ] because enbrel®, etanercept, suppresses your immune system, it may lower your ability to fight infections. serious, sometimes fatal, events including infections, tuberculosis, lymphoma, other cancers, and nervous system and blood disorders have occurred. before starting enbrel, your doctor should test you for tuberculosis and discuss whether you've been to a region where certain fungal infections are common. don't start enbrel if you have an infection like the fl
brian hamilton, thanks for joining us. up next, we have breaking news for you, and we're not talking israel. we're talking twinkies. i had enough of feeling embarrassed about my skin. [ designer ] enough of just covering up my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. i decided enough is enough. ♪ [ spa lady ] i started enbrel. it's clinically proven to provide clearer skin. [ rv guy ] enbrel may not work for everyone -- and may not clear you completely, but for many, it gets skin clearer fast,...
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for all of us. vote yes on thirty-eight. >>> i recognize that there is a certain presumptuousness in this, a certain audacity to this announcement. >> when barack obama declared his candidacy on that freezing february day of 2007, he was far from the likely winner. nor was he the only hopeful out to break an historic barrier. senator hillary clinton was running. she would also be a first, and she, still with her first lady prestige, her strong support in the party and solid base in new york, was well ahead in the polls. you went into a primary campaign against hillary rodham clinton. how did you see the opportunity to take them on? >> the fact that obama was against the war in iraq, the fact that he was an outsider, not an insider. the fact that he was a conciliator and not a divisive figure. he was clearly the remedy to what people felt was wrong, more so than hillary at the time, who was much more of an establishment candidate. >> to get to the head of the pack, obama focused on building a first c
for all of us. vote yes on thirty-eight. >>> i recognize that there is a certain presumptuousness in this, a certain audacity to this announcement. >> when barack obama declared his candidacy on that freezing february day of 2007, he was far from the likely winner. nor was he the only hopeful out to break an historic barrier. senator hillary clinton was running. she would also be a first, and she, still with her first lady prestige, her strong support in the party and solid base...
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often they want us to get out of their lives, to stop using drones to kill their civilians. essentially go away. but when you are the sole super power going away itself has repercussions. we're seeing that here with a vacuum, with the muslim brother hood and morsi, playing a peace broker role without any peace that people feel the u.s. should be a bigger leader on. i think there is a marker here from the cairo speech and fair to criticize this president for a lack of, yes, to use the word, engagement on a lot of the issues that divide israelis and the palestinians. another problem here i would add is something we talked about on the show before, when you look at those numbers, 95 deaths in the recent spell and 23 children as you mentioned, you have to have a wider discussion about what is going on with military targeting and what's going on with civilian deaths. and we as a nation and israel as a nation, are right to criticize the terrorists and opponents who target civilians. we say we don't target civilians but there are these programs that have that what the military call
often they want us to get out of their lives, to stop using drones to kill their civilians. essentially go away. but when you are the sole super power going away itself has repercussions. we're seeing that here with a vacuum, with the muslim brother hood and morsi, playing a peace broker role without any peace that people feel the u.s. should be a bigger leader on. i think there is a marker here from the cairo speech and fair to criticize this president for a lack of, yes, to use the word,...
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us and deny us the right to defend ourselves. if we injure or god forbid kill palestinians for us that's a tragedy. if they kill israelis for them that's a victory. it's completely different set of rules for hamas and for israel. this time, we were able to reduce in this round of fighting -- the last round was in 2008 -- 2009, a higher level of civilian casualties. we were able to pin poirnts some of our targeting much better. there are a number of palestinian casualties but between one half and two-thirds of the casualties are actually armed fighters. and not civilians. but again, we tried. through leafletting, tens of thousands of computer generated phone calls, sending text messages to civilians in areas where we knew hamas was embedded, giving them the chance to get out. >> are you going to retaliate for the bombing of the bus in tel aviv? >> we don't know who was responsible yet for the bombing of the bus in tel aviv. >> tif you find out -- be. >> they handed out candy in the streets. >> if you find out it was someone in gaz
us and deny us the right to defend ourselves. if we injure or god forbid kill palestinians for us that's a tragedy. if they kill israelis for them that's a victory. it's completely different set of rules for hamas and for israel. this time, we were able to reduce in this round of fighting -- the last round was in 2008 -- 2009, a higher level of civilian casualties. we were able to pin poirnts some of our targeting much better. there are a number of palestinian casualties but between one half...
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thank you for joining us. >> thank you. it's good to be with you. >> i want to talk about the president's foreign policy in a moment. in was a very big day for secretary clinton. high stakes when she made -- they made the decision to send her there. she's been able to help facilitate this historic announcement. >> comprehensive piece for all the people of the region. now we have to focus -- >> congresswoman, so this -- let's talk a little about what this day means for the secretary as she potentially looks at a run in 2016 but potentially is looking at the end of her time at the state department. >> well, i think today actually highlighted exactly why hillary clinton is a leader. i mean, the secretary of state did what she needed to do. she went in there. she brokered the conversations that had -- were the groundwork that had been laid by the president and did it in a very deliberative and thoughtful manner which is the way she's conducted herself and our foreign policy over the last four years. it was a proud
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and cdw designs technology solutions that keep us winning. they set us up to win. while you... ...set us up to lose. oh, a classic win-lose-win situation. exactly. >>> black friday going strong. as america takes part in the biggesty of the year, millions waited in line for hours to get a crack at some of the great deals being offered by retailers this year. many didn't even have to leave their house to get in on the action. on-line sales up more than 18% nbc's jay gray is braving the elements. there he is. he's at the mall of america in bloomington, minnesota. jay, first of all, hope you're being safe out there. what are you seeing out there? >> hey, my friend. what i am seeing is a lot of people out here at the mall of going on since last night. this is one of the venues that actually started things on thursday evening. look, more than 4 million square feet in this mall more than 520 shops and stores. if you can't find it here you probably don't need it. th it continues to grow. they're not just shopping. they're buying. we see these people walking through with ba
and cdw designs technology solutions that keep us winning. they set us up to win. while you... ...set us up to lose. oh, a classic win-lose-win situation. exactly. >>> black friday going strong. as america takes part in the biggesty of the year, millions waited in line for hours to get a crack at some of the great deals being offered by retailers this year. many didn't even have to leave their house to get in on the action. on-line sales up more than 18% nbc's jay gray is braving the...
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they realized that most people who use food stamps use them in a temporary way and many americans felt that they were at risk of sliding back economically and might some day have to avail themselves of the program itself. so that turned out not to be a very effective line of attack because i think most people see food stamps for what they are, a program in which the fraud and the abuse of yesteryear has been rung out of it so it's less than 1% and critical lifeline for americans, one that we have to protect. >> it's so telling, isn't it? >> and that's why the comments about free stuff is so reprehensible because for mitt romney to talk about that privately at a fund-raiser and then in speaking to his donors, it indicated that he had absolutely no experience whatsoever of what's happening in people's lives. my wife for the last six years has volunteered at the barry medical mission, one of the oldest in new york, a nurse and mid wife. she doesn't get paid for any of her service, one of my children actually helps makes pies for thanksgiving to raise funds as well. when you go to the miss
they realized that most people who use food stamps use them in a temporary way and many americans felt that they were at risk of sliding back economically and might some day have to avail themselves of the program itself. so that turned out not to be a very effective line of attack because i think most people see food stamps for what they are, a program in which the fraud and the abuse of yesteryear has been rung out of it so it's less than 1% and critical lifeline for americans, one that we...
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pleasure having you with us. joel, thank you. erin, you will come back with us for the next panel discussion. they all. >>> coming up, the president and mitt romney's face to face meeting since the election. the meeting place, have you heard? the white house. and it's going down tomorrow. >>> plus -- >> if we can get a few house republicans to agree, as well, i'll sign this bill as soon as congress sends it my way. i have to repeat. i have a pen. i'm ready to sign it. >> politico calls it the fiscal cliff roadshow. the president going to middle class americans about avoiding the cliff. 33 days and counting. and join our conversation on twitter. [ female announcer ] you can make macaroni & cheese without freshly-made pasta. you could also cut corners by making it without 100% real cheddar cheese. but then...it wouldn't be stouffer's mac & cheese. just one of over 70 satisfying recipes for one from stouffer's. i've got a nice long life ahead. big plans. so when i found out medicare doesn't pay all my medical expenses, i got a medic
pleasure having you with us. joel, thank you. erin, you will come back with us for the next panel discussion. they all. >>> coming up, the president and mitt romney's face to face meeting since the election. the meeting place, have you heard? the white house. and it's going down tomorrow. >>> plus -- >> if we can get a few house republicans to agree, as well, i'll sign this bill as soon as congress sends it my way. i have to repeat. i have a pen. i'm ready to sign it....
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use less. with the small but powerful picker upper, bounty select-a-size. >>> talking about the aftermath of the violence in gaza and the cease-fire. i want to make a note about who's sitting at the table and the way the discussions happen and booking because obviously any time you talk about this topic. people look with a very careful eye, rightly, but who is the participant, who are the participants of the conversation. last week we had palestinian americans and an israeli and a member of the jewish community sort of in the broad global sense. and one of the things i want to try to communicate to folks and i think this is something that's taken me a while to come to recognize, is that americans have a stake in the conflict even if they are not palestinian, even if they are not israeli, even if they are not jewish. that we do have a stake in the conflict. and the reason we have a stake in the conflict is we are quite embedded in the conflict, in the actions of our government. i think that some
use less. with the small but powerful picker upper, bounty select-a-size. >>> talking about the aftermath of the violence in gaza and the cease-fire. i want to make a note about who's sitting at the table and the way the discussions happen and booking because obviously any time you talk about this topic. people look with a very careful eye, rightly, but who is the participant, who are the participants of the conversation. last week we had palestinian americans and an israeli and a...
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the president looked like he means business to us. 12 of us met with him. he was very free with his time. seemed firm. what did you take away from the meeting? >> it was a serious and substantial conversation i thought. al, we're not facing a battle over a fiscal cliff as they say as much as a battle over the fiscal soul of this nation. we need a pathway to financial sustainability, but will it include all of us or not? will it include those white sox jesus called the least of these, is poorest and vulnerable and the issue of biblical fairness is here. should we now really give a tax breaking to 98% of the american people, working families especially low income families and kids. doesn't that make sense? isn't that fair and the wealthy pay their fair share. so for us, this isn't just a political issue. there are religious issues involved here. and i raised those today at the white house with the president. >> it's a lot of drama back and forth outside, but the president seemed real calm. he seemed firm. he listened to each one of us. we went back and forth,
the president looked like he means business to us. 12 of us met with him. he was very free with his time. seemed firm. what did you take away from the meeting? >> it was a serious and substantial conversation i thought. al, we're not facing a battle over a fiscal cliff as they say as much as a battle over the fiscal soul of this nation. we need a pathway to financial sustainability, but will it include all of us or not? will it include those white sox jesus called the least of these, is...
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thanks for joining us. just one thing to pass along that we just got to us here at msnbc is the fact that u.n. ambassador susan rice is now on the schedule of senator bob corker, a republican from tennessee who has been critical of rice over the past several weeks telling reporters that she sounds more like the head of the democratic national committee when talking about what's going on with the obama administration, and that doesn't sound like a positive secretary of state to him because they need to show their ability to be independent. but, again, senator corker's office now saying they believe they have a private meeting with ambassador rice. >>> it's often lost in politics of the fiscal cliff is how a cliff dive will actually impact your personal finances. and whether you have a job or not if you pay taxes, you're going to take a hit. first place you're going to see it, the federal tax rate for a middle income family. and that means an extra $2,000 out of pocket. next is the payroll tax. if you make, s
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what can you tell us? what's the latest? >> i can tell you what aides will say in answer it to that question off answer. certain things you can say on camera. i got a more blunt answer which is somewhere in between. they don't feel like talks are stuck but they aren't moving fast enough. there's concern in the obama administration that not enough is being done. there's concern hamas doesn't feel that it's ready to stop the rocket fire into israel which as far as the united states is concerned and ben rhodes made this clear, that's the number one priority before nip other part of this negotiation is done. when you think of the time line, the president up late after all of the summit. he's here for a couple of summits. gaza has overshadowed all of that. he was up late. he was up with morsi and netanyahu. morsi is the conduit into hamas. the united states doesn't have any direct conversations with hamas. the conduit is morsi. gets off the phone with netanyahu. decides to call morsi back. after that, the president and the secret
what can you tell us? what's the latest? >> i can tell you what aides will say in answer it to that question off answer. certain things you can say on camera. i got a more blunt answer which is somewhere in between. they don't feel like talks are stuck but they aren't moving fast enough. there's concern in the obama administration that not enough is being done. there's concern hamas doesn't feel that it's ready to stop the rocket fire into israel which as far as the united states is...
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interesting choice of words there the site advocates the use of drones and how fitting that it's just in time for obama's second term to look new web sites holy dedicated to taking any humane edge off the practice of drone warfare in the mission statement says the goal is to quote highlight the valuable and endless benefits of all the unmanned systems and robotics what's behind this fancy rhetoric is that the people in yemen pakistan somalia afghanistan and any other country that the government has a shadow war and right now are being terrorized on a daily basis let's call a spade a spade this is just a pathetic attempt to rebrand the drone kings policies just hours after obama got reelected he oversaw the drone bombing in yemen but you know when you have news agencies like the washington post. which sensors civilian death counts from drone bombings were lacking for the government it's kind of hard to sort through the descent from asian so that's where i come in a break to set. the world has ever seen anything like. oh. here's a disturbing story a kansas city family was completely sta
interesting choice of words there the site advocates the use of drones and how fitting that it's just in time for obama's second term to look new web sites holy dedicated to taking any humane edge off the practice of drone warfare in the mission statement says the goal is to quote highlight the valuable and endless benefits of all the unmanned systems and robotics what's behind this fancy rhetoric is that the people in yemen pakistan somalia afghanistan and any other country that the government...
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he looks a bit different from us. having said that, there's no entourage. there's no driver. he gives an order at the cia. there's discussion. there's flak. people don't like this. and then he goes home to wash dishes. it is a major adjustment. i think we need to look at this transitioning of people. i think we need to look at our tours. now this is not an excuse. >> right. you're getting closer to excusing men for behaving badly. >> i'm not excusing him. as you look at it, it became more complicated. >> i'd like to weigh in on this as well. >> i think he did the right thing in resigning chlgt and i think the president did the right thing in accepting the resignation. >> is his government service over in your judgment? >> i don't know. remember, this is still ongoing. how this started is very important. because you hear a lot of people thinking this was the fbi investigating a sexual undisclosed affair. not the case. this started by a cyber threat that certainly had elements that would rise to the level of, well, blackmail. now, a senior government official, not mr. petraeus,
he looks a bit different from us. having said that, there's no entourage. there's no driver. he gives an order at the cia. there's discussion. there's flak. people don't like this. and then he goes home to wash dishes. it is a major adjustment. i think we need to look at this transitioning of people. i think we need to look at our tours. now this is not an excuse. >> right. you're getting closer to excusing men for behaving badly. >> i'm not excusing him. as you look at it, it...
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but just down below us, there was some scuffling, some punching out, and using sticks. and suddenly the group were thrown by undercover security into a van and driven off. this all just happened a few moments ago. you're absolutely right that we get that feeling of two years ago here. you've got a massive crowd, by last estimate about 100,000 here tonight, packed into this square. it's of course ground zero 2011 resolution. and you can hear them chanting leave, leave and the people want to bring down the regime. the same expected against mubarak. today they're meant for morsi. these are people who are mixed bag. young, old, male, lots of female, from all walks of life. and they are part of this opposition movement that's really been galvanized over the past week or two by -- last week i should say by morsi's sudden decree that has given him of course so much power. but now they're also protesting against something else and it is an important point to make here. they're concerned about and reject entirely this flawed draft constitution which they say doesn't represent th
but just down below us, there was some scuffling, some punching out, and using sticks. and suddenly the group were thrown by undercover security into a van and driven off. this all just happened a few moments ago. you're absolutely right that we get that feeling of two years ago here. you've got a massive crowd, by last estimate about 100,000 here tonight, packed into this square. it's of course ground zero 2011 resolution. and you can hear them chanting leave, leave and the people want to...
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nbc's ayman joins us now. instead of the leader whose letter begins with 346 but it's not mubarak we're talking about, it's morsi. what's going on today? >> reporter: well, you're right. that's what the people here in tahrir square have been telling us, that they've replaced one dictator for another and, in fact, you can't really emphasize this enough. it's all about a domino effect here in egypt. let's start with the most developing news and that is a cairo court has agreed to hear a lawsuit by 60 lawyers for that decree he issued on thursday. this is precisely the problem morsi says he is facing day in and day out. every time he tries to take a decision, it gets bogged down in a jew dish ary he says is corrupted and full of remnants of the old regime. that's what led him to issue this decree and why his supporters are saying this is good for the revolution. the problem is for a country of 80 million people coming out of 30 years of the mubarak dicta dictatorship, they don't trust anyone telling them, trust m
nbc's ayman joins us now. instead of the leader whose letter begins with 346 but it's not mubarak we're talking about, it's morsi. what's going on today? >> reporter: well, you're right. that's what the people here in tahrir square have been telling us, that they've replaced one dictator for another and, in fact, you can't really emphasize this enough. it's all about a domino effect here in egypt. let's start with the most developing news and that is a cairo court has agreed to hear a...
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martin fletcher is live for us in tel aviv. and martin has been covering this for us. bring us up to speed on what's happening. your reporting has been extensive firsthand. >> reporter: hi, thomas. there's been a continued firing in both directions. 30 rockets fired in one israeli town today. one person was injured. otherwise little damage. the real is it's pretty clear that a ceasefire has been agreed and it will be announced in gaza, cairo and jerusalem probably within the next few hours, not necessarily at the same time in each place but it's clear that that's what's happening. secretary of state hillary clinton coming to jerusalem tonight and a whole slew of arab leaders are coming to gaza. the fight iing will be over witn a few hours and hopefully will last a long time. what we're told is there is an agreement for the fighting to end from both sides, and then the details of the agreement are still to be worked out. the key point, though, it looks like the fighting is over. no israeli ground invasion of gaza. >> martin, as you say, the details are yet to be announc
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had been on probation for doing in the past year guys this is ludicrous a surveillance state against us is growing exponentially by the day and the rationale to spy on us is becoming ever more trivial at the same time the establishment is making it harder and harder to film them it's an issue our next guest knows very well he's been arrested multiple times for attempts to flip the camera on the cops so to talk about his experience fighting the police state and explain what rights we have i'm joined by in freeman host of the nationally syndicated radio talk show free talk live and contributor to cop a walk in thank you so much for taking the time thanks for having me so you were just arrested a couple weeks ago for recording video in a public place you caught a good majority of the day on camera let's take a look at some of that footage. just as you post a sign doesn't mean you get to eliminate the freedom of the press and have you are familiar with the click decision. i'm just going to watch and i'm going to be certain there is no video by the way switches or there's no civilians are in
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coming to us just as the opening bell is ringing. this time around you are going to see strong, sharp arrows. it's been a long time since we've seen the markets in positive territory. last week was the fourth week in a row markets have closed lower. down 5% or so since the election about a week or two ago. if you're watching what's happening the dow is up by triple digits. this is a big move, a big surge after people are kind of hoping maybe there is some hope that a fiscal cliff can be averted. also, though, we're keeping our eyes closely tuned into what's happening with oil prices today and all of those concerns in the middle east with israel and the palestinians shooting rockets back and forth has been having a big impact on the oil markets. watching oil prices this morning and right now wti crude is up by about $1.80, trading up close to $89 and that's a big concern can, too. we are looking at gas prices that were finally starting to drop. prices have come down about 7 cents on average at the pump. that's good news. it helps out
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after her father had noticed it my dad came through the front door and said big brother is watching us and i don't know what he's talking about so he brings me to the back door and he points out the camera that he spotted while he was walking around the yard took these photos of the camera which he says were pointed at her bedroom her children's room the backyard where her children play but she says not knowing initially why the camera was put there or who put it it was most unsettling unsettling indeed someone had been spying in her bedroom and on her children so of course naturally the young woman decided to call and report to the cops but there was nothing to report because as soon as she called the police department they told her that they had been the ones to install the camera to monitor people coming through the woods but the woman claimed this made no sense and she suspects they were attempting to catch her father feeding stray cats she had been on probation for doing in the past year guys this is ludicrous a surveillance state against us is growing exponentially by the day and
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it is great to have you with us to help explain to all of us about what we know, the facts about this platform exploding. do we have any information about what caused it? >> we don't have any information about what caused it. that really is going to be left up to the coast guard to make a determination. right now they're in search and rescue mode. the coast guard, from what we understand, has responded. there have been four patients that have been airlifted to our parish hospital, three of them we received word on are in critical condition. there are also reports, although unofficial at this time, two people have died and there are other people who may be missing. the latest from the coast guard is that the platform fire is attempting to be extinguished and we're waiting for additional word from them as to whether or not there are other issues that has to be dealt with in with regards to this. >> nbc news has not verified any deaths in relation to this. where are you getting your information from? >> from local reports and also from our emergency management department and others who h
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ambassador, great to have you with us. let's start straight out of the gate with what we have been reporting is the secretary of state hillary clinton expected to be in the region. landing in jerusalem at any moment to meet with prime minister netanyahu. what more insight can you share with us about what will be discussed? >> well, good to be with you too, thomas. yes, secretary of state clinton is arriving, the secretary-general of the united nations ban ki moon was talking with prime minister netanyahu about the possibility of a cease-fire. right now, hamas has increased its firing on israel. almost 150 rockets fired just today. two of our citizens have been killed just today. so i cannot tell you whether that cease-fire is within reach. we want an end to all of the shooting from hamas. we have had now 5 1/2 million israelis under fire for seven days. that's well over half of our population under rocket fire. something in the vicinity of 1,500 rockets fired at them over the course of the last seven days. and we want a lo
ambassador, great to have you with us. let's start straight out of the gate with what we have been reporting is the secretary of state hillary clinton expected to be in the region. landing in jerusalem at any moment to meet with prime minister netanyahu. what more insight can you share with us about what will be discussed? >> well, good to be with you too, thomas. yes, secretary of state clinton is arriving, the secretary-general of the united nations ban ki moon was talking with prime...
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me and the benefits that you pay us. many of us receive in some cases 30% to 50% of our salary over in benefits. and so we keep paying more money for a service that's not better. one of the challenges that we have as public educators is to come up with a better performing school system, not just to say to the public and taxpayers, we want you to pay us more money. >> all right. so there was this recent report out of harvard that found that students in latvia, chile, brazil are making academic gains three times faster than american kids. our students ranking 5th in math, 17th in science, and 14th in reading. now, the president does not support education cuts. but this is what congress, you know, comes up with, cutting in places where we need it most. the seeds of our future are our kids and their education. what does this say about our priorities? >> our priorities are focused on the adults in the schools and not the children in the schools. we want to make sure when we're talking about education reform, we want to make s
me and the benefits that you pay us. many of us receive in some cases 30% to 50% of our salary over in benefits. and so we keep paying more money for a service that's not better. one of the challenges that we have as public educators is to come up with a better performing school system, not just to say to the public and taxpayers, we want you to pay us more money. >> all right. so there was this recent report out of harvard that found that students in latvia, chile, brazil are making...
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all of us knows it. we are trying to negotiate with them since we took power. not only us. the former prime minister offered them almost everything. 98.5% of the territory. they didn't say yes. when barak was prime minister of israel, he offered the same to arafat and arafat said yes -- said no. so now since we took power, they put any obstacle they could in order to resume the negotiations. first they ask prime minister netanyahu to accept the idea of two-state solution like his predecessor did. he made the statement. after the demand -- to freeze the settlements. we took the decision to freeze the settlements. even then they didn't show up. so what needs to be done these days is that palestinians will come to resume the negotiations. with no preconditions. and if they will do so, they will find us really would like to move toward peace. but that kind of resolution is not helpful. >> it seems as though this vote, as we have said they do have overwhelming support that will happen at the u.n. today. what is israel's plan post this assembly knowing that they have moved along
all of us knows it. we are trying to negotiate with them since we took power. not only us. the former prime minister offered them almost everything. 98.5% of the territory. they didn't say yes. when barak was prime minister of israel, he offered the same to arafat and arafat said yes -- said no. so now since we took power, they put any obstacle they could in order to resume the negotiations. first they ask prime minister netanyahu to accept the idea of two-state solution like his predecessor...
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tweet us your replies. we use this board to compare car insurance rates side by side so you get the same coverage, often for less. that's one smart board. what else does it do, reverse gravity? [ laughs ] [ laughs ] [ whooshing ] tell me about it. why am i not going anywhere? you don't believe hard enough. a smarter way to shop around. now that's progressive. call or click today. [ grunting ] >>> back in command in afghanistan, general jon allen resumed his duties today more than a week after the pentagon announced it was investigating emails between him and a woman tied to the david petraeus affair. and there are still unanswered questions in the petraeus scandal like why did the fbi keep investigating the cia director if he committed no crime? and could petraeus have resigned for basically nothing? joining us from minneapolis is former cia officer criminal defense attorney jack rice. good to have you here. this new "washington post"/abc poll finds out that even after he resigned people see general david p
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martin fletcher is live for us in> ramallah with the latest. martin, the great mystery here has to do with was he poisoned? i know this has been circulating. i guess what we're all concerned about here, what i'd be concerned about and i imagine you are, what if they find evidence that he was poisoned? then what? >> reporter: well, that's the request question, chuck. what exactly. the palestinians have been claiming if he was poisoned there's clearly only one possible culprit and that would be, of course, israel. that is still to be proven, to be proven whether he was even killed at all, whether he died of natural causes. so here at the shrine behind me in ramallah yasser arafat's shrine today the experts from russia, france, and switzerland join the palestinians in taking specimens of yasser arafat's remains. they're going to study those specimens in their laboratories in their countries. they say it will take three months to get a full result. and then they'll know how he died. now the claims that he was murdered, if he was murdered, he was po
martin fletcher is live for us in> ramallah with the latest. martin, the great mystery here has to do with was he poisoned? i know this has been circulating. i guess what we're all concerned about here, what i'd be concerned about and i imagine you are, what if they find evidence that he was poisoned? then what? >> reporter: well, that's the request question, chuck. what exactly. the palestinians have been claiming if he was poisoned there's clearly only one possible culprit and that...
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a very clear point of view you've given us. thank you for joining us an "hardball." yesterday i spoke with senator susan collins who also had concerns about ambassador rice. >> it's obvious she chose to emphasize some aspects and downplay others, and, frankly, i think the u.n. ambassador along with the secretary of state should be above politics and that she should have just said, no, i'm not going to go on those shows. it's the wrong issue and the wrong time of year. i've got to maintain my credibility. >> okay. joining us right now is kent conrad, senator from north dakota. i guess you heard those views. what are your views on the issues raised on the an tagistic side? >> first of all, i have high regard for senator corker and senator collins but there are others who have been strident voices against the ambassador that have been terribly unfair to her. what she said on those sunday talk shows was precisely what the intelligence community agreed to unanimously would be the unclassified version of events. it is entirely appropriate for the ambassador to rely on the
a very clear point of view you've given us. thank you for joining us an "hardball." yesterday i spoke with senator susan collins who also had concerns about ambassador rice. >> it's obvious she chose to emphasize some aspects and downplay others, and, frankly, i think the u.n. ambassador along with the secretary of state should be above politics and that she should have just said, no, i'm not going to go on those shows. it's the wrong issue and the wrong time of year. i've got...
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. >>> so much for putting the election behind us. as president obama publicly ponders what kind of help mitt romney could offer his team going forward, romney unloads to donors and why he thinks he lost. >>> and if one presidential rival isn't enough, the president butts heads with his 2008 opponent. delivering a tough message to senator mccain over congressional criticism for u.n. ambassador susan rice. >>> also, this morning, violence grows as israel and hamas look to be on the brink of war. we'll have the latest report on the ground. good morning from washington. it's thursday, november 15th 2012. this is "the daly rundown." i'm chuck todd. let's get first to my first reads. president obama wanted to spend his first post election press conference showing he was ready to reach across the aisle. instead, he found himself on the receiving end of criticisms from not one, but two former presidential rivals. the president himself was loose, confident and at times aggressive trying to show he's in charge of these budget investigations. a
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what does that show us? >> the overall relationship is weak but to the degree that there's a relationship at all, it's negative. if sales were positive over this thanksgiving week, that may predict a worse holiday season overall than if they were positive. >> unless you look at the individuals because someone actually got discounts on merchandise, right? >> what's going on is kind of a trade. the retailers throughout the deep discounts are essentially offering those discounts at a below market right in exchange that whoever is willing to stand in line the longest. by standing in line f. that's appealing to you, more power to you. it doesn't tell you a whole lot about what is going on in the overall economy. >> well, nevertheless, i'm glad you came to talk about it. >> thanks, alex. >> chris matthews movie critic? if you think you missed out on black friday prices at the home depot, think again. black friday prices are still here. instore and online, right now. where prices have been cut, chopped, and sanded.
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it is a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm rory sushi live in moscow barack obama has vowed to move america forward in a victory speech to cheering supporters after winning the us election to stay in office of course for a second. america's incumbent comfortably past the two hundred seventy electoral vote threshold in what had been a hard fought campaign republican challenger mitt romney conceded defeat after losing in a number of key battleground states. can has been following the nervous night that gave obama another four yes. well mitt romney has accepted his loss president obama is reelected and got his supporters very excited of course but this year one could sense that overwhelming euphoria that was there four years ago where president obama was running for his first term was not quite there anymore is that that his supporters are not excited they are we saw that at the democratic rally in the president's home city of chicago but with the rest of the country feels more like. relief rather than you for you there
it is a pleasure to have you with us here on r.t. today i'm rory sushi live in moscow barack obama has vowed to move america forward in a victory speech to cheering supporters after winning the us election to stay in office of course for a second. america's incumbent comfortably past the two hundred seventy electoral vote threshold in what had been a hard fought campaign republican challenger mitt romney conceded defeat after losing in a number of key battleground states. can has been following...
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this heading north going to bypass us and allow high pressure to move in. you see it erasing clouds towards the afternoon with that lack of cloud cover it is going to get chilly tonight that's when the fog will start to form in the north bay valleys it will hang around until 10:00, tomorrow then sunshine and a few clouds for the afternoon. still have a winter weather advisory until 4:00 in the sierra, as you saw with our tower cam it is not heavy right now if you are heading that way, most of it is wet. low to mid 60s tomorrow, mid to upper 60s friday and state. after our chill yes, sir mornings we'll have warm afternoons -- steady sunday through tuesday, no rain and low to mid 60s. >>> right now we have sad news to report about a long time celebrity chef who appeared on this newscast for many years, mr. food has died. >> we are always ready with the taste of ooh it is so good. >> art ginsberg enticed viewers for decades. he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer over a year ago and he died today at the age of 81. many of you are posting comments on our faceb
this heading north going to bypass us and allow high pressure to move in. you see it erasing clouds towards the afternoon with that lack of cloud cover it is going to get chilly tonight that's when the fog will start to form in the north bay valleys it will hang around until 10:00, tomorrow then sunshine and a few clouds for the afternoon. still have a winter weather advisory until 4:00 in the sierra, as you saw with our tower cam it is not heavy right now if you are heading that way, most of...
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you're with us or against us. you have to be pushed into being pro or anti-american. that's not going to work here. what has to happen in this broader context is a strategic realization. first of all from -- for israel and everyone in the middle east, this president is here to stay, right. so the testing of president obama is over, it's done. they need to accept that and move on. that was not the case in the first term. secondly, these new governments in the region have to learn their position as governments, as regional leaders especially for egypt, and for israel. there's a new strategic relationship as well. iran is out there, a huge priority, can they continue with the status quo with the palestinians and deal with iran and recalibrate their relationship with their new neighbors? that's a very different mix of things than anything someone like elliott abrams had to deal with. >> you know -- >> although, i'm not sure if this is in elliott abrams' defense, morsi has, whether for longer term reasons or because he's worried about payments from the u.s., but relatively
you're with us or against us. you have to be pushed into being pro or anti-american. that's not going to work here. what has to happen in this broader context is a strategic realization. first of all from -- for israel and everyone in the middle east, this president is here to stay, right. so the testing of president obama is over, it's done. they need to accept that and move on. that was not the case in the first term. secondly, these new governments in the region have to learn their position...
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you're concerned that we could envision use of force which would leave us in a worse place and closer to a breakout. >> correct. >> steve hadley, thank you. thank you so much. >> nice to be with you. >>> will republicans support tax increases? are democrats going to agree to entitlement cuts? the strategy session next. pers baked in a ketchup glaze with savory gravy and mashed russet potatoes. what makes stouffer's meatloaf best of all? that moment you enjoy it at home. stouffer's. let's fix dinner. is the same frequent heartburn treatment as prilosec otc. now with a fancy coating that gives you a burst of wildberry flavor. now why make a flavored heartburn pill? because this is america. and we don't just make things you want, we make things you didn't even know you wanted. like a spoon fork. spray cheese. and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. [ male announcer ] it's that time of year again. medicare open enrollment. time to comp
you're concerned that we could envision use of force which would leave us in a worse place and closer to a breakout. >> correct. >> steve hadley, thank you. thank you so much. >> nice to be with you. >>> will republicans support tax increases? are democrats going to agree to entitlement cuts? the strategy session next. pers baked in a ketchup glaze with savory gravy and mashed russet potatoes. what makes stouffer's meatloaf best of all? that moment you enjoy it at...
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helped us understand. instead, what we got coming out of it was, as you point out, i think, an upping of the ante, all three of those senators, ayotte, graham and mccain, all saying we're more troubled today than we were yesterday about susan rice and her role in the immediate aftermath of benghazi. one thing i would note, andrea, in the press conference afterward that you showed clips of, reporters to their credit repeatedly asked, so would you not vote to confirm her as secretary of state. would you not vote to confirm her as secretary of state. they dodged that question and didn't answer that question. so while it may look sort of bleak right now if you're a susan rice ally i'm not sure we should draw too many conclusions because you don't have hard nos coming out of these three. >> but they did get themselves out on a limb that's hard to get back off of. this statement from susan rice issued from the state department within the hour in the course of the meeting we explained that the talks points provid
helped us understand. instead, what we got coming out of it was, as you point out, i think, an upping of the ante, all three of those senators, ayotte, graham and mccain, all saying we're more troubled today than we were yesterday about susan rice and her role in the immediate aftermath of benghazi. one thing i would note, andrea, in the press conference afterward that you showed clips of, reporters to their credit repeatedly asked, so would you not vote to confirm her as secretary of state....
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that can be used against us. and america helps balance that out. the important thing and i think why america is so strongly behind us on this, this is clearly a case of self-defense. i mean, until we took action that we did, we had a situation where the population of southern israel, civilian population, was on the receiving end of missile after missile coming from the gaza strip from hamas. and this wasn't going on for days, this was going on for weeks and even months. it had to stop. there's no reason why israel's civilians should have to live in bomb shelters. >> is a ground invasion imminent, mark? or do you expect that will be avoided? >> listen, i unfortunately and you understand this, alex, cannot go into what military operations we might or might not do, because those have to be confidential. you have to have an element of surprise. you have to keep your opponent guessing. but it's important to remember that our operation is not offensive in a strategic sense. we're not interested in capturing more territory or something like that. our goal
that can be used against us. and america helps balance that out. the important thing and i think why america is so strongly behind us on this, this is clearly a case of self-defense. i mean, until we took action that we did, we had a situation where the population of southern israel, civilian population, was on the receiving end of missile after missile coming from the gaza strip from hamas. and this wasn't going on for days, this was going on for weeks and even months. it had to stop. there's...